Though Lilian has been such an idiotic woman over the last few months, I do have sympathy that she can’t talk to anyone but Jolene. Not even Jennifer. And she obviously has to suffer the death of her lover in silence.

[Lilian] “The thought of standing there with Matt beside me, Paul lying there in the coffin, it’s just horrific.”

And there’s the practical matters. She’s worried how much she’ll cry.

[Lilian] “It won’t be just dabbing my eyes with a hankie … I can’t trust myself not to weep and wail like a madwoman.”

And there’s the fact that Paul’s ex-wife, Celia, once saw Lilian go into Paul’s flat. With flowers and wine, and:

[Lilian] “A big smile on my face ... if she’s at the funeral, my life will unravel.”

Jolene reckons that it’d be more suspicious for Lilian not to go. After all, she has been invited. And Paul was Matt’s (half) brother. She suggests Lilian tells Matt, just as they’re about to go in, that she feels like she’s intruding and would rather leave him to go in and mourn alone.

[Jolene] “Play the sensitive outsider … then you buzz off and have a coffee somewhere. And pick him up when it’s all over.”